Does peer feedback for teaching GPs improve student evaluation of general practice attachments? A pre-post analysis.

The extent of university teaching in general practice is increasing and is in part realised with attachments in resident general practices. The selection and quality management of these teaching practices pose challenges for general practice institutes; appropriate instruments are required. The question of the present study is whether the student evaluation of an attachment in previously poorly evaluated practices improves after teaching physicians have received feedback from a colleague.

Implementation of online peer feedback for student self-reflection - first steps on the development of a feedback culture at a medical faculty.

Acquisition and application of professional and personal competences is accompanied by the formation and consolidation of attitudes and values and is influenced by the norms and moods (trust and feedback culture) experienced in the learning environment in question [1]. In particular, feedback and peer feedback can have a positive influence on the learning progress and personal development of students [2], [3], [4]. The promotion of a culture of teaching and ultimately of trust or feedback, plays a special role in this [5].

Which patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are perceived as 'difficult' by general practitioners?

Aims: To find factors that are associated with a general practitioner's (GP's) subjective impression of a patient being 'difficult' within a sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: Secondary cross-sectional analysis of a cohort of GP patients with T2DM. GP questionnaire on clinical data and GPs' subjective ratings of patient attributes (including 'patient difficulty').

General practitioners' attitudes towards patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study.

Background: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with poor glycaemic control can represent a challenge from the perspective of the general practitioner (GP). Apart from patient-sided factors, the understanding of GPs' attitudes may provide ideas for improved management in these patients. The aim of this study is to reveal attitudes of GPs towards T2DM patients with poor metabolic control.

Willingness to participate in mammography screening: a randomized controlled questionnaire study of responses to two patient information leaflets with different factual content.

Background: From 2010 onward, a new leaflet about mammography screening for breast cancer, more informative than the preceding version, has been sent to women in Germany aged 50 to 69 with the invitation to undergo screening. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different informational content on the decision whether or not to be screened.

Methods: In a randomized and blinded design, 792 women aged 48 to 49 were sent either the old or the new leaflet.

Effects of different information brochures on women's decision-making regarding mammography screening: study protocol for a randomized controlled questionnaire study.

Background: In order to give informed consent for mammography screening, women need to be told the relevant facts; however, screening information often remains vague because of the worry that detailed information might deter women from participating in recommended screening programs. Since September 2010, German women aged 50 to 69 invited for mammography screening have received a new, comprehensive information brochure that frankly discusses the potential benefit and harm of mammography screening. In contrast, the brochure that was in use before September 2010 contained little relevant information.

Are women getting relevant information about mammography screening for an informed consent: a critical appraisal of information brochures used for screening invitation in Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

Background: The aim was to find out if information brochures on mammography screening in Germany, Italy, Spain and France contain more information to facilitate informed consent than in similar studies carried out over the last few years in Sweden, Canada, USA and the UK, countries with different medical cultures.

Methods: We generated a list of essential information items on mammography screening for the purpose of informed consent. We mostly used the same items of information as had been used in previous studies and analysed the information brochures of major national initiatives in Germany and France, and three brochures each from regionalized programmes in Italy and Spain.